Can't believe it, tomorrow and i will be off to Hong Kong. It is really not that much of what i will do there, but is what i will see there. The idea of going to a new environment and dwell in it for 2 weeks is both challenging and interesting. Let's hope i will learn more things when i am there and bring it back to singapore.
Argh... i hate the prelude to a holiday trip. It is tons of admin stuffs plus PACKING. Racked my brain over what i should bring and i ended up with a half-filled luggage. It is good isn't it? It means i can bring more stuffs back from hong kong, but the initial look of the half filled bag kind of irked me. Got this strong urge to fill it up. Ok... i shall not do some insanely stupid stuffs. Actually wanted to bring my DSLR camera over, but since i will be there for 2 weeks, i think is better not to bring. The long stay there will increase the risk of my camera and worst i dun have a risk premium so i am not going to take the risk.
Ok.. i think i will end here. Will get souvenirs for my frenx when i am over there. There goes my money... sob...
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Volunteer
Went for voluntary camp with eeteng and ah neh at shu qun sec school. It lasted for 4 days including one day of training. We are dealing mostly with naughty students or even delinquents. The first day was definitely beyond what we expected or can even imagine. It is horrendous... The disobedience and the outrageous behavior.
First day was demoralising, but i still pushed on and tried to give my best in leading my group of students ( And unfortunately i got the worst group, with the most problem student). The hard part is, they are a bunch of defiant students, and if i was to employed the hard technque, it wun work. If we pushed them too hard They will even rail vulagarities at us. So the only way for them to work with me, is to establish rapport with them and earn their respect. The key to this whole problem then is to establish a fine balance.. yeap.. it is very very fine.
Quite proud that after second and third days, they started to listen to me, i told them varous stories that motivate them and help them mend their ways. End of the day, i received lots of notes from my student saying, "I am a good leader", "thank you, i appreciate that". Though the first day seriously sucks, i din give up and in the process i gain a lot of valuable experiences. The result was very rewarding. I may not change them, but i din leave a footprint in their memories.
haha.... one more thing. There is one student leader attach to us to help us in the camp. My student leader din really like me from the start, because i present myself to be a bit heck care kind (There are reason for that, but nvm...). But at the end of it, she said she actually learnt a lot of things from me and i really was quite glad that i manage to earn her respect at the end of the camp.
Th experience in this camp may not be like those fun games that enable you to make more friends or have tons of fun, but it surely was an unique experience with its own sense of fun and fulfillment. If situation permits, i will not mind joining again. I had learnt a lot from this camp and i appreciate this opportunity.
First day was demoralising, but i still pushed on and tried to give my best in leading my group of students ( And unfortunately i got the worst group, with the most problem student). The hard part is, they are a bunch of defiant students, and if i was to employed the hard technque, it wun work. If we pushed them too hard They will even rail vulagarities at us. So the only way for them to work with me, is to establish rapport with them and earn their respect. The key to this whole problem then is to establish a fine balance.. yeap.. it is very very fine.
Quite proud that after second and third days, they started to listen to me, i told them varous stories that motivate them and help them mend their ways. End of the day, i received lots of notes from my student saying, "I am a good leader", "thank you, i appreciate that". Though the first day seriously sucks, i din give up and in the process i gain a lot of valuable experiences. The result was very rewarding. I may not change them, but i din leave a footprint in their memories.
haha.... one more thing. There is one student leader attach to us to help us in the camp. My student leader din really like me from the start, because i present myself to be a bit heck care kind (There are reason for that, but nvm...). But at the end of it, she said she actually learnt a lot of things from me and i really was quite glad that i manage to earn her respect at the end of the camp.
Th experience in this camp may not be like those fun games that enable you to make more friends or have tons of fun, but it surely was an unique experience with its own sense of fun and fulfillment. If situation permits, i will not mind joining again. I had learnt a lot from this camp and i appreciate this opportunity.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Change
A sudden urge to write something.
Went to marina square yesterday to celebrate my sister's 19 birthday. ya.. nothing spectacular about that. I am more surprised by the disappeared "lego" shop. I got this hobby of collecting lego minifigurines and toying with them. I still can remember that i used to patronised that shop whenever i am at marina square without fail. Yeap... but yesterdays it's not there anymore. I told my dad about it, he says, "economy is bad, toys shop arent exactly doing very well." I brought it a bit further by saying that it's quite independent of this economic crisis, it is the problem with the kids now. With a PSP and XBOX who would wanna play with such stuff. Quite sad la... i still find such things very appealing, and i hope through advertisement or wad, "Lego" will try to reach out to the modern kids. yeap.. must let them know that game is not just limited to virtual reality.
Somehow... the urge stops.
Went to marina square yesterday to celebrate my sister's 19 birthday. ya.. nothing spectacular about that. I am more surprised by the disappeared "lego" shop. I got this hobby of collecting lego minifigurines and toying with them. I still can remember that i used to patronised that shop whenever i am at marina square without fail. Yeap... but yesterdays it's not there anymore. I told my dad about it, he says, "economy is bad, toys shop arent exactly doing very well." I brought it a bit further by saying that it's quite independent of this economic crisis, it is the problem with the kids now. With a PSP and XBOX who would wanna play with such stuff. Quite sad la... i still find such things very appealing, and i hope through advertisement or wad, "Lego" will try to reach out to the modern kids. yeap.. must let them know that game is not just limited to virtual reality.
Somehow... the urge stops.
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